Recent Years
Despite not touring or recording any new material through the 1990s, the Rebels' reputation and support among fans remained strong and in 2001, Mind Control Laboratories released a remastered Rubber City Rebels which featured improved sound quality and the addition of several bonus tracks. White Noise Records also released Re-Tired that year, a collection of live tracks and the Rebels' half of the From Akron EP. The band toured to support the new releases, featuring a reunion with former members Hammer and Damage.
The popularity of their reunion tour and the 2001 releases, the Rebels returned to the studio to record their second album, Pierce My Brain, which was released in 2003. This album did yield one moderately successful single, "(I Wanna) Pierce My Brain", which was included on the soundtrack for the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Underground.
Although Damage left the band following the first reunion shows, he was quickly replaced by Bob Clic (Buzz's brother and member of The Lewd) who plays on Pierce My Brain. The Rebels still play infrequent shows across the United States and Europe.
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